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  • A Monologue from the play "Antony and Cleopatra" by William Shakespeare
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CharacterAntony
GenderMale
Age Range(s)Adult (36-50)
Type of monologue / Character isAngry, Depressed, Lamenting, Complaining, Frustrated
TypeDramatic
PeriodRenaissance
GenreRomance, Tragedy, Drama, War
DescriptionAntony vows revenge against Cleopatra
LocationACT IV, Scene 12

Summary

Mark Antony is one of the Roman triumvirates, that is one of the 3 rulers of the empire. In the beginning of the play he is living in Egypt and is having an affair with the Egyptian queen Cleopatra. He neglects his duties, doesn't want to hear any news from Rome and is completely devoted to Cleopatra. This changes, however, when he learns from a messenger that Sextus Pompeius, a Roman general, is preparing to fight against the Romans, and that Antony's wife Fulvia is now dead. Antony feels guilty for what happened in his absence and decides to go back to Rome. There he meets Octavius Caesar and Lepidus, the other triumvirates and they prepare to fight Pompey. Before the battle, however, they reach a compromise and avoid fighting. Antony marries Octavia (Caesar's sister) and goes back to Egypt. He later learns that in his absence Caesar has killed Pompey and imprisoned Lepidus. He decides to go to war against Caesar and, against good judgement, fights his first battle at sea, thinking that Cleopatra's ships will help him win the battle.

Antony loses the first battle, then unexpectedly wins the second. During the third battle the Egyptian ships defect to Caesar and Antony accuses Cleopatra of having betrayed him. In this monologue he curses her and vows revenge.

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Excerpt
MARK ANTONY
All is lost;
This foul Egyptian hath betrayed me:
My fleet hath yielded to the foe; and yonder
They cast their caps up and carouse together
Like friends long lost. Triple-turn'd whore!
'tis thou
Hast sold me to this novice; and my heart
Makes only wars on thee. Bid them all fly;
For when I am revenged upon my charm,
I have done all. Bid them all fly; begone.

[Exit SCARUS]

O sun, thy uprise shall I see no more:
Fortune and Antony part here; even here
Do we shake hands. All come to this? The hearts
That spaniel'd me at heels, to whom I gave
Their wishes, do discandy, melt their sweets
On blossoming Caesar; and this pine is bark'd,
That overtopp'd them all. Betray'd I am:
O this false soul of Egypt! this grave charm,--
Whose eye beck'd forth my wars, and call'd them home;
Whose bosom was my crownet, my chief end,--
Like a right gipsy, hath, at fast and loose,
Beguiled me to the very heart of loss.
What, Eros, Eros!

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